Garter.



No. 717,844. A PATENTED JAN. 1903. f Y E. GUTMANN. y

GAMER,

APPLIATION FILED AUG. 30, 1899.

UNITED STATES EMIL GUTMANN, or New YORK, N. Y.

PATENT FFICE."

GARTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,844, dated January 6, 193.

Application led August 30,1899. Serial No. 728,955. (No model.)

To @ZZ r11/wm t may concern.-

Be it known that l, EMIL GUTMANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident4 of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Garters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in garters, with the objectin View of increasing their durability and rendering their action easy and agreeable to the wearer. To this end I omit rubber elasticentirely, as it is well known that rubber loses its elasticity by age and that it becomes useless much more rapidly in hot countries or Where it is in close proximity to the body of the wearer than Where it is kept cool and dry. At the same time I propose to retain the web feature and to provide sufficient elasticity by a metallic spring alone interposed between web-sections and of such structure that it will not press unduly upon the limb of the wearer at any one point.

A practical embodiment of my invention is representedin the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a plan View of the garter; Fig. 2 is an edge view, and Fig. 3 is a section through the yielding portion from front to rear.

.As at present constructed the body of the garter is composed of two web-sections and one metallic elastic section, the two web-sections beingl denoted by-A and A and the metallic section byB. From the end of one of the Web-sections a loop C extends, as is common, and is provided with a clasp for engaging the stocking, While the free end of the opposite Web-section A is provided with a hook a to catch one of the parts of the cord-loop C in adjusting the garter to the limb, as is common. The Web-section A is further provided with aVcramp-clasp D, as is common, for adjusting the length of the garter and the ends of the web-section adjacent to the yieldtions for the reception of the ends of the Wire which is utilized to form the spring-section B. The spring-section B is preferably formed by a highly elastic wire b, which is passed zigzag back and forth from edge to edge of the band of the spring portion B and given one or more turns b at each edge before passing to the opposite edge, the result being when viewed in elevation a series of eyes at the turns b' at each opposite edge of the spring portion, the wire intermediate of said lines of eyes extending diagonally back and forth, each succeeding strand crossing the preceding, thereby affording a comparatively dat `broad bearing, so that this spring portion will arewturned over, as shown at d2, along the inner edge of the bight in the web-forming sockets for retaining the wire B and preventing the wire B from chafing against the web. The spring-section thus formed yields readily to accommodate itself to the motions of the limb ofthe weare r, is cool, and is not affected by heat or age, but retains its elasticity during the life of the web portion of the garter.

It is obvious that changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described. Hence I do not Wish to limit myself strictly'to the structure herein shown;

position to engage the back portion of the ence of tWo witnesses, this 25th VV:daiy of Auleg, and means at the free ends of the webgust, 1899.

sections for enraginfr a stocking and holdingf the garter in lfmsiton, substantially as set EMIL GUTMANN' 5 forth. Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as FREDK. HAYNES,

my invention I have signed my name, in pl'es- C. S. SUNDGREN. 

